Sergey Shoygu

Sergey Shoygu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian general who is the Minister of Defense since 6 November 2012 after formerly governing Moscow Oblast. He is of Tuvan and Russian descent.

Biography
Shoygu was born in Chadan in Tuva to a Tuvan father and Russian mother, graduating the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute in 1977 with a degree in civil engineering. He worked in construction but in 1988 he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and in 1990 he was made Deputy Chief of State Architecture and Construction Committee of the Russian Federation. The next year he was made a government minister with his appointment as a member of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and in 1999 he was given the Hero of the Russian Federation award. After serving as Governor of Moscow from May to November 2012, Shoygu became Minister of Defense to balance the political situation of power, appointed by President Vladimir Putin himself.

Serving in the army since 1991, Shoygu is a General of the Army of the Russian Army. During the Crimean Crisis, he was the leader of the whole Russian armed forces, and he managed their military operations.